Meaning Of The Word Gravitational lens
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Gravitational lens Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Gravitational lens?
gravitational lens in American English
a massive celestial body, esp. a galaxy or cluster of galaxies, having enough gravity to refract light waves from a more distant object, esp. a quasar, so that an observer sees an amplified or multiple image (gravitational lensing) noun: a heavy, dense body, as a galaxy, that lies along our line of sight to a more distant object, as a quasar, and whose gravitational field refracts the light of that object, splitting it into multiple images as seen from the earth gravitational lens in British English noun: a lenslike effect in which light rays are bent when passing through the gravitational field of such massive objects as galaxies or black holes |
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